29 APRIL 1871, Page 2

Louis Blanc, who may be taken to represent the moderate-

Socialists, the Socialists who would be content with a Poor Law and a progressive income-tax, has finally declared against the pro- gramme of the Commune. He prefers a Republic "one and indi- visible," with its centre in Paris, and though he would concede- large municipal liberties, would not turn the cities of France into- semi-independent States.